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The Big Misunderstanding
download MP3 Listen to John Mattick explain why Junk DNA is the big misunderstanding of molecular biology. Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Professor John Mattick Equus quagga and Lord Morton's mare Telegony and guitars...
Non-coding RNA Puppets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') From 2014: Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich Genome database and browser ENCODE...
Unsimulated mint longevity
MP3 Listen to the quantum experiment that proves we're not in a computer simulation, news of Mint for Minds, and Slowing the ageing clocks, with Ian Woolf Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Improvement of cognitive function in wild-type and...
Stable Diffusion?
MP3 How does AI art software work? Ian Woolf attempts a clear explanation in plain English. News of AI software showing what your brain saw. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Reconstructed movie showing animal view of world proves scientists...
SETI switch
MP3 From 2010, why the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence has been doing it wrong! The discovery of an Earth-like planet 20 light years away, and high resolution tapes of the Moon landing recovered. Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf....
Tardigrades to the Moon!
MP3 A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again...
SETI and Alien archaeology
MP3 Water world discovered, The Drake Equation, The Silurian Hypothesis, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS Reveal a Super-Earth in a Temperate Orbit Transiting an M4 Dwarf Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this...
Superworm and fake human meat
MP3 Sound implants prevent cancer, Sun made me hungry, Superworms, sub-millimetre robots Fake cannibalism Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf An implantable ultrasound-powered device for the treatment of brain cancer using electromagnetic fields Food-seeking behavior is triggered by skin ultraviolet...
Biology Evolves - part 2
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Johannes LeCoutre talks about growing food in new ways, cell by cell - part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Professor Johannes le Coutre Professor Johannes le Coutre, Professor Martina Stenzel, Ian...
Biology Evolves - Part 1
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Professor Johannes le Coutre talks about how Biology evolved from a purely investigative science into an area of creative engineering, and specifically about growing food in new ways, cell by cell - part...
The Right To Repair - part 1
MP3 download Guts repair brains by Ian Woolf, Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch, and Erin Turner from Choice magazine discuss the Right To Repair - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Samantha Floreani from Digital Rights Watch...
Life and Toydeath
MP3 download Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet, Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf...
Food microbiology
MP3 download Britain waives the rules - Assange extradiction trial by Ian Woolf Dipon Sarkar talks about the micro-organisms that ferment and spoil food. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Dipon Sarkar - Young Tassie Scientists Sourdough Library Kevin Gosztola's...
Developing brains
MP3 download What is your brain made of? A day in the life of a neuroscientist by Silvia Vicenzi Silvia Vicenzi talks with Ian Woolf about National Science Week, studying neurobiology, and how the brain develops. Hosted and produced by...
Landing on Mars
MP3 download Assange arrest again by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about 7 minutes of terror and the search for life on Mars - part 2. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre...
Life on Mars
MP3 download The race to Mars, Fusion fuel? by Ian Woolf Bonnie Teece, Kirsten Banks and Martin Kranendonk talk about the search for life on Mars - part 1. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf The Australian Centre for Astrobiology...
Synthetic biology and Future Science
MP3 download Nano-capsules for lower weight and longer life by Ian Woolf, Claudia Vickers talks about synthetic biology and the CSIRO future science platform Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Claudia Vickers Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform CSIRO Future Science...
Superlative hydrogen
MP3 download Hydrogen hijinks, by Ian Woolf, Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 2 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Matthew Laplante CSIRO Hydrogen Roadmap Hydrogen gas trial in western Sydney could unlock $1.7bn...
Scientific journalism and extreme biology
MP3 download Journalism is not a crime, by Ian Woolf, Matthew Laplante talks about his book Superlative: The biology of extremes, Part 1 Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Matthew Laplante The Psychology of Getting Julian Assange - part 1...
Home synthetic biology lab
MP3 download Electric cars are the new NBN by Ian Woolf, JJ Hastings talks about creating art and science and her new authorised synthetic biology home lab Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf JJ Hastings JJ Hasting's garage synthetic biology...
Fat viruses and CRISPR kits
The virus that makes you fat but healthy - by Ian Woolf, Alex Kelly talks about a new model for the Biofoundry, and CRISPR kits in development. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Biohacker Alex Kelly at the Australian...
Meow on Mars
MP3 download Reprogrammed cells heal wounds by Ian Woolf, Meow Ludo Meow Meow in conversation about the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence, realistic robots, growing plants in space, astrobiology, colonising Mars and Australia's Space Agency. Fact and sound checking by Charles...
Seaweed science week and memory
MP3 download Lana Kajlich reports on her seaweed Science Week activities, Dana Leidl talks about memory and amnesia, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Restoring crayweed Phyllospora comosa to South Bondi photo credit...
Native bees and Biological computers
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Human cell computers by Ian Woolf, Kit Prendergast talks about native bees, Fact and sound checking by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Bees in the 'burbs in a biodiversity hotspot...
Pupils Pulse at Parkes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') SETI signals and Encoded E. coli by Ian Woolf, Rob Hollow talks about Pulse at Parkes for pupils at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...
2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') The 2016 IgNobel prizes condensed from 2 hours down to 27 minutes: REPRODUCTION PRIZE [EGYPT] — The effects of wearing polyester, cotton, or wool trousers on the sex life of rats, and humans,...
Photobiomodulation and bees
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Bees teach pulling strings, Bees count to four, Fruit fly brain brain ageing reversed with spermadine by Ian Woolf. Daniel Johnstone uses photobiomodulation to treat neuro-degenerative diseases. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Open Source Science Accelerates
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Excel breaks science by Ian Woolf, Matt Todd explains Open Source Malaria research, and the acceleration of science, part 2. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor...
My Health Records -private?
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Grow your own rocket fuel, by Ian Woolf Dr Bernard Robertson-Dunn talks about privacy problems with Australia's national electronic health records. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Dr...
Retro trivia special
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian has the flu this week, so here's the trivia special from 2009: Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can...
Seahorse sex and smart looms
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Excitement in the air by Ian Woolf, Camilla Whittington talks about seahorse sex, Seahorse by Jonathan Coulton from jonathancoulton.com, Andrew Whalen talks about Robobuilt smart looms. Production checked by Charles Willock Produced and...
Pulsar glitches and biological ageing
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Pulsar glitching and Biological Ageing A round-up of the Australian Biological Ageing Conference by Ian Woolf - part 1, Jim Palfreyman talks about glitching pulsar discoveries, part 2. Checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Blockchain Citizen Science
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Venus flytraps can count to five by Ian Woolf, Decentralise all the things by Ian Woolf, Clement Epie talks about blockchain Cellabz and La Paillaise biohacking, Kasek Galgal talks about emerging technologies for...
Inclusion soothes your genes
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Daraprim: Profiteering in Big Pharma, and memorable Ape TV by Ian Woolf, Professor Steve Cole explains what to do about the effects of isolation and insecurity on the regulation of gene expression, Steve...
Biological art and killer robots
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Beware the robots by Ian Woolf, Jaden Hastings talks about her art and science at the Biofoundry, Montgomery Guilhaus talks about virtual reality and 360 degree cameras. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced...
Synthetic Biology De-extinction
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Genetically engineered humans by Ian Woolf, Michael Molitor talks about innovating with synthetic biology, De-extinction of Thylacines, Mammoths and Neanderthals by Ian Woolf Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian...
Non-coding RNA and hand puppets
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Turn another human into your hand puppet by Ian Woolf Leonard Lipovich explains non-coding RNA, ENCODE and CHARGE, Production checked by Charles Willock, Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf checked by Charles Willock,...
Astronomy for Life and Toydeath
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Narwhal cheese crowd-funded by Ian Woolf Orsola De Marco talks about Astronomy, life off Earth, and why Pluto isn't a planet, Nick Wishart talks about Toydeath at the Sydney Mini Maker Faire, Produced...
Semaphore and legal Biohacking
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') 3D printed ice cream, solar cheaper than coal, Sydney Mini Maker Faire and a contradicting study for women's smell choice by Ian Woolf. Meow Ludo Meow Meow talks about how Biohacking is regulated...
Biohacking Citizen Science
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Epidermal electronics and Lego Atomic Force Microscopes by Ian Woolf, Andreas Siagian talk about his Indonesian Citizen Science Initiative and Hackteria, Andrew Tuckwell talks about hacking synthetic biology competitions, IGEM and BIOMOD. Hosted...
Young blood RoboWars
download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf reports on Wind powered nuclear weapons, Google Glass, and turtle freezing genomes. Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about RoboWars Sydney, Glowing mouse draculas return to heal aged hearts - Ian...
Cute science, Smart slime and Beard beer
download MP3 Ian Woolf reports on Cute Science, Beard beer, Alpha Centauri B's planet and HIV milk - with comments from Julie-Anne Popple and Arwen Cross. Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Chris Reid, a biologist from the University of Sydney, about...
Higgs tastes dark tendrils
download MP3 Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf discuss the discovery by the team at the large hadron Collider, Victoria Bond reports on Dark Tendrils, Ian Woolf reports on how taste affects judgements, the speechjammer, and activating your immune system to...
Starfish and talking corn
download MP3 Therese Chen reports on zooplankton resistance, talking corn, Ian Woolf reports on fracking versus carbon capture. Ian Woolf speaks with Max Ott from NICTA about mobile video, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dave McElroy about sea star sperm and...
Malaria vaccine and photosynthesis
download MP3 Dr Victoria Bond reports on the new Malaria vaccine, Dr Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Dr Min Chen about photosynthesis, News by Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf - parrot's names - IQ changes in adolescence - Your brain...
Lizard babies and exploding stars
download MP3 Dr Julie-Anne Popple interviews Brigid Murphy about her discovery that lizards live births illuminate the evolution of cancer, Ian Woolf speaks to Dr Martin van Kerkwijk about his research in new types of supernovas and neutron stars, News...
Bionic Eyes and Synthetic Biology
MP3 download Associate Professor Gregg Suaning shares his Bionic Vision with Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf explores Synthetic Biology, and would he would do with access to a wet printer. Presented and produced by Ian Woolf...
The Diffusion Science Show Trivia Special!
MP3 Join Marc West, Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf as we tackle questions in mathematics, biology, popular science and chemistry. Can you do better than the team? Produced and Panelled by Marc West Also starring Victoria Bond and Ian Woolf...
Diffusion 27th October 2005
Play Now Produced and presented by Matt Clarke, News by Matt Clarke, The science of lAughter by Jacqui Pfeffer, Cryptobiology by Sam MacOnie...
19th August 2002
Presented by Dr Tim Baynes. Sophie Scott interviews Professor Martin Green about Solar cells. Lachlan Whatmore talks about the biology of Echinoderms. News by Gina Sartore and Tim. Produced by Lachlan Whatmore with technical support by Ian Woolf....
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